With a gloomy face, Qi Sanye, the head of the Qi family's mansion in Deshengmen, sat on the Taishi chair in the study, his right hand kept turning two ancient jade walnuts, but the fingers of his left hand were gently tapping on the rosewood desk, and he vaguely played a song score that was ambushed on all sides.

Since the Qing Dynasty, the Deshengmen Qi family has been a registered figure in the Han Army Banner. Although the inheritance of the two hundred years is not a famous family, in Sijiu City, in terms of big rules and full scenes, the Deshengmen Qi family can really be regarded as the number one. There are children of the broken household full of eight banners, looking at the rich life of the Qi family of Deshengmen, their eyes are hot, and they can't help but say behind their backs - the slave has the posture of the master, and he looks like a six-eared macaque when he puts on a golden crown, no matter how he looks at it, he is not a Monkey King!

Although the three brothers in the family are also alive, but with the scene of leading the Qi family to win more and lose less at the Autumn Insect Meeting over the years, coupled with the overt and covert entry in the gambling game, few people are willing to listen to the Qi family's words at home, but the third master of Qi has firmly sat on the chair of the Qi family in Deshengmen.

But since three years ago, Qi Sanye took the idea to introduce the southern scorpion to participate in the Autumn Insect Meeting, and a lot of silver was sprinkled out, but he failed to win the insect king at the Autumn Insect Meeting as he wished, and even lost quite miserably in the gambling game, which has made the other masters of the Deshengmen Qi family say a lot of gossip in a weird manner.

It's easy to spend a lot of money this year to get back thirty-six southern scorpions from Yunnan, but I got a news that can almost make people desperate - Na Jiuye in Jingshui Hutong may really be waiting for a seven-killing scorpion!

According to the words handed down from the Autumn Insect Meeting in previous years, the Seven Killing Scorpions are almost an invincible myth. Someone once placed a heavy bet and connected twenty-one fighting scorpions to fight with a seven-killing scorpion, but in the end it was still a fiasco.

If the truth is as it is rumored

Quickly turning around the ancient jade walnut in his hand, Qi Sanye said with a gloomy face to the butler standing in front of him: "Have you inquired clearly?" ”

With his eyes staring at his toes, the housekeeper who had been working in the Deshengmen Qi family for thirty years responded respectfully: "Back to the third master's words, for seven days in a row, the takeaway in Jingshui Hutong has been watched by the person of Xiong Ye, the head of the pole at the mouth of the Zhushikou, and even the person who went in to sell vegetables with a picker had to be searched before letting the court go!" Our family also arranged for someone to go over to see it, originally thinking that it would be possible to make a few dollars, but those green-skinned gangsters all seemed to have eaten a reassuring pill, and they didn't want the ocean of white flowers, and they didn't let the people in our family go over! ”

With a dull low snort, the ancient jade walnut in Qi Sanye's hand suddenly stopped turning: "The gangster surnamed Xiong in Zhushikou is really bold!" The characters in Sijiu City, no matter who they are, raise their hands and send him away! A bastard, he really thinks he's a character?! ”

Nodding respectfully, the butler, who had never left his toes, followed Qi Sanye's words and said: "Counting from the day the distant nephew and young master came to the news, a total of seven days, Na Jiu and the young man from outside the pass have never been out!" However, Na Jiu's daughter goes out of the city every day to catch wild scorpions, and there are people from Master Xiong behind her, who doesn't look like she's watching, but as if she's protecting her! ”

After hesitating for a moment, the housekeeper raised his head slightly and glanced at Qi Sanye, whose face was as heavy as water: "At noon today, Na Jiu went out to the Huaqing Pool Bathhouse with the young man from outside the Guan, and he looked so tired that he just crawled out of the muddy soup pool and fell asleep on the bathing stool!" But the young man from outside the pass said something in his sleep."

Suddenly propped up from the Taishi's chair, and a cold light shot out of Qi Sanye's triangular eyes: "What did the young man from outside Guan say?" ”

With a look of guilt on his face, the butler once again focused his eyes on the tips of his shoes: "It's just a tail that didn't listen to the words - what is finally done?" ”

After being silent for a long time, Qi Sanye waved away the housekeeper who had always bent over and stood in front of his desk, and then turned back to a huge screen carved of rosewood in the study and smiled: "Wait a few times, please come out!" ”

With the greeting of Qi Sanye, three middle-aged people wearing southern silk robes walked out from behind the rosewood screen. Although they have different shapes and appearances, the temperament of these three middle-aged people is extremely similar, and even the appearance of walking seems to be upside down from a mold - bowing their heads, landing on the outside of their feet, and hanging down their arms close to their bodies, which obviously looks like a skilled family member in a large family.

Sitting on the Taishi chair, Qi Sanye raised his hand slightly towards the three middle-aged people who came out from behind the rosewood screen, and said in a harmonious voice with a smile: "The road of the Qi family in Deshengmen is shallow, the number of roads is narrow, and what can be inquired about is all trivial things, which are not comparable to the ability of a few mansions!" What kind of charter should this year's Autumn Insect Club take, and I have to ask a few masters who are in charge of the house to speak! As for the game of saving, the Deshengmen Qi family will be entrusted with a big time this year, and should be the bookmaker of this game, how about it? ”

With a little flattery, the eldest of the three middle-aged people smiled and said, "The third master is too humble to say!" Since the accession of Emperor Xuantong of the Qing Dynasty, the constitution of the Autumn Insect Association in Sijiu City has always been the decision of the Deshengmen Qi family. Now that the third master is in charge of the Deshengmen Qi family, what kind of regulations will this autumn insect meet, it is natural to listen to the words of the third master! ”

As if to make fun, another middle-aged man wearing a light brown southern silk robe also said respectfully: "The rules of the road to save the game, these years have also been the third master's decision, this year's dealer in this game is done by the third master, naturally it is better!" Before coming, the master of the family had ordered that everything was decided by the third master, and we came with an ear, but we didn't dare to open our mouths indiscriminately! ”

Looking at the remaining middle-aged man who couldn't help nodding in agreement, Qi Sanye's face couldn't help but have a smug smile: "Since several masters in charge of the family are so appreciative, then this year's Autumn Insect Meeting is still the old rule - one person can bring up to two insects into battle, and draw lots to fight!" Starting tomorrow, according to the head of the person who participated in the autumn insect meeting, the worm will be tested, and the sign will be issued. As for the old rules of saving this game, the cash will be charged in person, and the tickets will be charged outside the field, and the autumn insects will come out of the insect king on the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in August. ”

In the sound of the three middle-aged people's answers, Qi Sanye slowly turned around the two ancient jade walnuts in his hand, the smile on his face did not decrease, but the words in his mouth were a little sharp: "A few people have also heard it, Na Jiu in Jingshui Hutong may really be waiting for the seven killing scorpions!" According to the old people's legend, these Seven Killing Scorpions have never met an opponent at the Autumn Insect Meeting."

Hearing the song and knowing the meaning of the strings, the three middle-aged people scrambled to clasp their fists towards the smiling Qi Sanye and said: "Third master, don't worry, the things on the scene in Sijiu City, our lord in the house understands it in his heart!" ”

"It's just a Najiu, and in the past few years, he has been embarrassed by the Autumn Insect Meeting? This year, maybe I was in a hurry to turn the book, so I came up with an evil thing to give myself the courage to play! ”

"What are the seven killing scorpions, I guess it's just a coaxing story? Besides, even if there is really that expensive thing, with Najiu's craftsmanship and that family background, he can also serve it? ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Qi Sanye raised his hand towards the three middle-aged people again: "It's not too early, a few people are busy, and I won't leave a few in vain!" I'm tired of bringing a few people to the people in charge of their respective houses, and there are a few pairs of shoes I prepared for a few people in the concierge, don't forget when you leave! ”

Seeing the three middle-aged people say thank you and leave the study one after another, Qi Sanye smiled on his face, raised his hand and took a wolf pen on the desk, wrote a few lines on a Yangzhou Suhua letterhead, and shouted outside the study: "Come on!" Send a quick leg and hand this piece into the hands of Duan Ye, the head of the Zhushikou Patrol Police! ”

The housekeeper who watched Ying Sheng walk into the study took the letterhead he had just written, but Qi Sanye raised his hand to stop the housekeeper's movements, took the Yangzhou Suhua letterhead from the handler with a stunned face, and tore it to pieces slowly.

Gently and slowly spilling the fragments of the letterhead onto the desk, the expression on Qi Sanye's face was cloudy, and even the eyes that were usually cold and abnormal, a trace of hesitation constantly flashed.

There was silence for a long time, until all the fragments of the letterhead in his hand were sprinkled on the wide desk, and Qi Sanye looked up and said to the housekeeper standing in front of the desk: "Prepare a few people, and keep an eye on the people who will go to the Autumn Insect Association to test the insects and receive the signs tomorrow!" Especially Najiu, don't miss an eye for a moment! ”

took out a rosewood box locked with a small copper lock from the desk drawer, Qi Sanye reached out and rubbed it on the small rosewood box for a moment, and then took out a small key from his waist to open the copper lock, and took out a few pieces of paper with exquisite patterns printed on the rosewood box.

Just peeking at the papers, the butler who was standing in front of the desk was suddenly startled, and shouted at Qi Sanye in surprise: "Third master, you are planning to do this"

Flicked his fingers lightly on those pieces of paper, and the smile on Qi Sanye's face was gloomy like a black cloud before a thunderstorm: "For two years in a row, the southern scorpion found by the Qi family of Deshengmen has not won the insect king in the Autumn Insect Society. If I return you this year, I will still be able to sit firmly in this chair under my ass?! ”

Turning his head to look at the door of the study, the housekeeper whispered to Qi Sanye, who was putting five or six pieces of paper on the desk, with a worried face: "Then you can't touch the old book, right?!" These certificates of deposit from Citibank are the ones you have worked hard to pull out of the bureau you have saved over the years! What if"

With a sneer, Qi Sanye buckled the empty rosewood box: "When you first followed me back then, how much money could I have on hand?" Back then, the Deshengmen Qi family had five rooms, who would take my eyelids and clamp me? Let's just say that the few families who just went out, don't look at the breasts that turned purple one by one in front of them, but if no one in the back made a fuss in the bureau where the autumn insects would gather, and quietly bet on the Seven Killing Scorpion that Na Jiu was waiting for, then it would be called an evil door! Hum people in this life, you need to be bold when things come to an end! You find a suitable person to hold this money in your hand first, and wait for the autumn insect to smash it out the next day before the person who collects the game closes the door! Smash them all out! ”

With trembling fingers, the housekeeper trembled and grabbed the fluttering Citibank deposit receipts, and said to Qi Sanye as if he was a little confused: "Who did you smash?" Besides, this year, the third master is sitting in the village, if the foundation of your village collapses, then the Deshengmen Qi family can be"

Pouting disdainfully, Qi Sanye raised his hand and swept the shredded paper on the desk into a pen wash that had not had time to add water, drew a match and threw it in: "Take the insect king at this year's autumn insect meeting, I won't fall, then the Deshengmen Qi family is here!" If the southern scorpion can't take the insect king of this year's autumn insect club, I will also fall, then what else do you need from the Deshengmen Qi family! Besides, that master, where can I afford to offend?! ”

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